Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 280 One-sided Killing

Soldiers are expensive and fast. That night, 500 soldiers were divided into three armies and went north along the east coast. [-] people boarded [-] of the strongest warships. On the west coast, the remaining nearly [-] large ships left the bay and headed southwest.

The camp was very busy, and everyone was mobilized. In addition to the 500 soldiers guarding the camp, more than [-] craftsmen were also equipped with armored bows and arrows, and dozens of civilian officials also carried out military rigging. Of course, they stayed In the big tent, will not participate in the battle.

The Song army's camp in the bay was like a poisonous thorn, which made the natives on the Kunnan Peninsula feel uncomfortable, and at the same time hated it to the bone.

They didn't care where the army came from. They only cared about the purpose of the army coming to Maoren Island, whether it was going to leave after a circle like in previous years, or whether it was going to stay here for a long time.

But ever since the enemy army came ashore and started to build the city, the anger of the local natives began to grow day by day. They couldn't tell the difference between building a barracks and building a city. In their view, they both built high walls and occupied a huge area. has invaded their land for a long time.

A thousand young and strong natives began to prepare for war. They boiled poison, cut wood as arrows, and prepared a large number of wooden spears. This kind of wooden spear is very simple. It only needs to be sharpened. Behind it, it is made of straight small pine trunks.

The wooden spear pierces the enemy's chest by throwing force, and it is also a fishing tool for them. Every man has used this wooden spear to fish since childhood, and the throwing is very accurate.

In addition, a rope woven from bark was used, with a loop on it, so that they could climb the city wall easily.

Due to the backward production methods and the long cold winter, the life expectancy of native people is generally not long, and the child mortality rate is very high. Only two or three children out of ten can grow to adulthood. Men can live to more than [-], and women live a little longer. , which makes the proportion of women and children in the tribe very large, accounting for more than [-]%.

Except for women and children, there are only young and strong men, and the elderly are very rare.

In order to defend their homeland, women and children are also all involved in preparing for war. They cut down trees, strip bark, and pick poisonous weeds. Everyone is busy driving out the enemy.

Just as the Song Army detoured northward, a thousand native young men also began to sneak up on the Song Army's camp. Not only did they hate this invader, but they also coveted the large amount of food and armor carried by the other side.

There were no trees within [-] paces outside the camp, and there were no big rocks to cover them. It was all flat land and tree stumps. The moonlight painted the ground with a layer of silver. Even at night, the soldiers on the sentry tower could clearly see See the scene within a hundred steps.

Behind the thick birch trees, black shadows stared coldly at the camp of the Song army. For thousands of years, they have been the masters of this land. In this land, except for the gods, they have never been afraid. They didn't care about anyone, even if the other party was well-equipped. They believed that they would get the help of the gods to kill all these intruders.

In the big camp, the Song army had already dismantled all the outer tents. They didn't know if the other party would attack with fire, but they still needed to be prepared.

Fanning also wore scale mail, a silver helmet on his head, and a long sword at his waist, but he did not need to fight, his role was to participate in planning plans against the enemy.

On the table in front of them was a simple wooden barracks model, surrounded by lush forests, Fan Ning pointed to the dense forest and said: "Since there are traces of natives on the outskirts, there should be a lot of people, and their plan must be It is a night attack on the barracks, in order to prevent them from sneaking and retreating, I suggest sending a surprise soldier to go around behind them and cut off their retreat."

Di Qing nodded. Fan Ning was right. Once he entered the dense forest, it would be difficult to annihilate them. Since they came to his door by themselves, he would consider annihilating them all in one battle.

"I agree with Fan Yushi's suggestion!"

He turned his gaze to Zhao Zongshi, Zhao Zongshi nodded, and he also thought it was feasible.

Di Qing immediately ordered: "Where is General Wang Leng!"

A general stepped forward and knelt down on one knee, "The last general is here!"

"You can lead a thousand soldiers into the depths of the dense forest, cut off the retreat of the natives, wait for the natives to retreat and intercept them, there will be no mistakes!"

"Humble post obeys orders!"

General Wang Leng received the military order, turned around and left in a hurry, Di Qing said with a smile: "Then we will see the final result of the battle!"

When the time came to the second watch, only a few sharp owls were heard, and the black shadows in the dense forest began to mobilize. They didn't have any tactics. Everyone held bows and arrows and short spears on their backs. They moved swiftly, like apes, and headed north. The high wall sprints.

At this time Di Qing was standing on the high wall, he looked coldly at the growing crowd, there were more than a thousand people, he sneered in his heart, he even overestimated them, thinking they would have such a high strategy , it seems nothing more than that.

When Di Qing saw that the native had killed a hundred paces away, he immediately ordered: "Shoot!"

The sound of clappers on the plank wall suddenly rang, and a thousand soldiers raised their crossbows and shot at the defenseless natives. Immediately, the natives fell in a pool of blood, followed by the soldiers standing inside the wall. Fifteen hundred archers drew their bows and fired arrows one after another. The arrows swept across the high wall and shot down on the heads of the natives outside.

The attacking natives screamed and hit the arrows. Only two rounds of bows and crossbows fired repeatedly, and more than half of the natives were killed or injured. At this time, the second round of military crossbows began to be fired. Among the dense and powerful arrows, there were more than two hundred people. Fell in a pool of blood.

Seeing that more than half of them were dead and injured, Di Qing still wanted to continue the attack, and he became annoyed in his heart, and immediately ordered: "Thunderbolt cannon fire!"

Five thunderbolt cannons are ready. The thunderbolt cannon is actually a large crossbow machine, used to launch porcelain fire mines. The porcelain fire mines explode before landing, and small poisoned iron and porcelain pieces fly to kill the enemy. .

There were thunderbolt guns in the Qin, Han, Sui and Tang dynasties, but they were stone cannons at that time. After the Song and Yuan Dynasties, gunpowder was fully used, and stone cannons became artillery. Fire thunder, pottery fire thunder, porcelain artillery, etc. not only have a certain lethality, but also sound like a giant thunder, and are very intimidating.

When the matchlock reached the muzzle of the cannon, the Thunderbolt Cannon was fired, and five porcelain fire thunders flew over the high wall and shot out of the city wall. Suddenly five black round objects flew over the ground, and before they could react, the five porcelain fire thunders exploded suddenly.

Flames burst out, 'Boom! ''boom! 'A series of huge explosions, like a thunderbolt from the blue sky, made people shudder.

Porcelain pieces and iron nails shot all over the place, shooting more than a hundred people at once, and the crowd screamed pitifully. The natives were terrified, and rushed towards the dense forest, but they were less than a hundred steps away from the dense forest. Countless crossbow arrows flew from the dense forest, and a thousand soldiers led by Wang Leng cut off their retreat.

The crossbow arrows shot mercilessly, and the last more than 100 people fell to the ground, struggling to die. In less than half an hour, more than 1000 natives who tried to attack the Song Army camp were wiped out, and no one was spared. The soldiers of the Song Army did not suffer any casualties.

Their shortbows did not even have a chance to shoot an arrow, nor did their wooden spears have a chance to throw them. The difference in weapons meant that they could only be slaughtered.

At this time, [-] soldiers with bright armor rushed forward with murderous intent, and killed the natives who were not yet dead on the ground one by one. The corpses were dragged into the dense forest and buried deep. up.

Two days later, nearly [-] women and children returned to the camp with three thousand soldiers from the expedition. The young and strong men were all wiped out when they attacked the camp of the Song Army. end.
Since then, all the native tribes on the Kunnan Peninsula have been wiped out by the Song army. There are still two relatively small native tribes in Kunzhou, both of which have less than a thousand people. How to deal with them is the next goal of the Song army.

(End of this chapter)